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»Study: Embargo wouldn't hurt Russia27/07/14 09:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 7 a.m. EDT. LONDON (AP) -- An arms embargo against Russia would be little more than symbolic because Russia is largely self-sufficient in supplying its armed forces, a report argued Sun...

»Sun, sea, sound our summer playlists27/07/14 08:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. What's the best soundtrack for a day on the beach? The perfect film for a long-haul flight? The must-have app for exploring a new city? Our panel reveal their holiday favourit...

»Search | NumbersUSA26/07/14 17:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from NumbersUSA Education & Research Foundation - For Lower Immigration Levels. Updated : In the upcoming 2012 session, the state legislature in New Mexico will revisit the issue to repeal a 2003 bil...

»Latino Converts to Islam - PBS26/07/14 16:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from political status of puerto rico - Google News. PBS Latino Converts to Islam PBS Ruiz was born in Puerto Rico and raised a Catholic. But he says in 2002, after the birth of his twins, he began .... LAWTON: ...

»Governor: Untapped potential in ELA26/07/14 16:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from Caribbean Business. Governor: Untapped potential in ELA Gov. Alejandro García Padilla said the potential of the current commonwealth (EL ... Obama wants limits on mergers by US companies overseas Issued: J...

»Coconut Water Changes Its Claims26/07/14 13:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story . When coconut water broke into the American market 10 years ago, it was billed as a miracle drink able to fight viruses, kidney disease and other ailments like osteoporosis. Global sales now reach $400 million...

»Who's running the MH17 investigation?26/07/14 10:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from Uploads by CNNInternational. Who's running the MH17 investigation? With so many different nations affected by the MH17 downing, who is actually in charge of the investigation? From: CNNInternational Views:...

Russia's Crimean redevelopment quagmireRegistan.netWhile international attention is focused on eastern Ukraine, Crimea remains both a gaping wound for many Ukrainian citizens and a political nightmare for the Kyiv administration. Four months after Crimea and the city of Sevastopol were incorporated ...and more »

Burkina Faso's military on Friday released drone footage of the crash site of Air Algerie Flight 5017 in a remote region of northern Mali. French President Francois Hollande announced that the crash had no survivors.

Essay: Drones seem to be everywhere these days, even buzzing into pop culture. But Washington began using Predators for counterterrorism out of bureaucratic frustration and wrangling, not any master plan.

KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military is on the verge of launching an assault to take back the separatist bastion of Donetsk, a military spokesman said Saturday.

Government troops are currently battling rebels in the nearby town of Horlivka and have blocked all roads leading out of Donetsk to prevent the insurgents from replenishing supplies and fighters or escaping, said Andriy Lysenko of the Ukrainian Security and Defense Council. Once Horlivka is under Ukrainian control again, he said, the army will move to retake Donetsk, a city where pro-Russian separatists have held sway for months while declaring it the Donetsk People’s Republic. The Ukrainian military has ousted rebels from 10 surrounding villages and towns in the past week.

Chechen president cites US and EU 'state terrorism'Three EU leaders also barred from entry

Although Russia has not responded to US sanctions over the Ukraine crisis by putting a travel ban on President Barack Obama, there is one part of the country he is now barred from entering: Chechnya.

On Saturday Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of the small Russian republic that has been the scene of two devastating separatist wars in the past 20 years, said he was placing Obama on a list of people banned from visiting.

Fighting between Ukrainian troops and separatists has caused a team of international inspectors to give up plans to visit the crash site of MH17 for the day, just hours after Malaysia announced an agreement with Ukrainian rebels to allow access.

CARACAS (Reuters) - A retired Venezuelan general wanted in the United States over drug-trafficking accusations remained in jail on the Caribbean island of Aruba over the weekend awaiting a formal extradition request, his lawyer said on Saturday.

(Reuters) - The New York Times editorial board on Saturday endorsed a repeal of the federal ban on marijuana, becoming the largest paper in the nation to back the idea as it compared the U.S. government's stance on America's most widely used illicit drug to the prohibition on alcohol from 1920 to 1933.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reacted angrily on Saturday to additional sanctions imposed by the European Union over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis, saying they would hamper cooperation on security issues and undermine the fight against terrorism and organized crime.

On Friday, the EU reach an agreement to impose its first economic sanctions on Russia. Russia reacted angrily, saying it meant scaling down cooperation on issues like terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and organized crime.

Marijuana should be legalised, says the New York TimesSydney Morning HeraldWashington: The New York Times has called for the legalisation of marijuana, comparing the federal ban on cannabis to Prohibition. In an editorial on Saturday, the prestige publication said marijuana laws disproportionately impacting young black men and ...and more »

Kayakers breach New York's JFK airport securityKFOX El PasoNEW YORK (AP) -- Two kayakers have been cited for trespassing after breaching a security perimeter at New York's Kennedy Airport. Airport workers found the men on a navigational pier at the end of a runway around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. The men tell the ...and more »

Study: Embargo wouldn't hurt RussiaMiamiHerald.comLONDON -- An arms embargo against Russia would be little more than symbolic because Russia is largely self-sufficient in supplying its armed forces, a report argued Sunday. European Union countries exported $583 million of military equipment to Russia ...and more »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's request for billions of dollars to deal with migrant children streaming across the border set off Democrats and Republicans. Lawmakers in both parties complained that the White House - six years in - still doesn't get it when it comes to working with Congress....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin might be expected to hunker down into defense mode as he is besieged by accusations of Russian involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Instead he has stayed on offense and appears to positioning for the long game....

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) -- Dutch police on Sunday set off for the scene of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine to secure the site, which investigators complain has already been compromised....

International experts abandoned their plans on Sunday to go to the site where a Malaysian airliner crashed because of fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian troops in the area, reports Reuters. Alexander Hug, deputy head for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's monitoring mission in Ukraine, told reporters: "We heard indications there's fighting going on." "The situation on the ground appears to be unsafe... we therefore...

KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - As Ukrainian troops gained ground in eastern Ukraine in early July, separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, a Russian national, left for Moscow for political consultations.